music recommendations

Depending on what it is about Arvo Part's music you like, you might like:

Andrzej Panufnik (e.g., Sinfonia Mistica, Sinfonia Sacra, Landscape)

Eduard Tubin (e.g., Symphony No. 4, Estonian Dance Suite)
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Alan Hovhaness. You might also like early music: a capella vocals performed by The Tallis Scholars, The Clerks' Group, the Paul van Nevel ensemble, Cantus Colln, The Sixteen, and others.

Rushton has given you some good composers to ponder. Along those lines you might also like Edward Elgar, particularly his less well known works like Starlight Express. He directly precedes RVW in British musical history. Also try William Walton, particularly his Cello Concerto. Walton is a musical decendent of RVW and gives you a glimpse of British music just following RVW.

Elinor